- Philip II sought to impose more centralized
government and a stronger Catholic Church,
provoking resistance in some nobles as well
as the many Calvinists there
- William of Orange --> leader of the movement
- Compromise of 1564: an agreement and pledge
to resist signed by people across 17 provinces
Early August 1566 - Catholic monastery vandalized
in Flanders; inspires an iconoclastic
movement across Netherlands by the Calvinists
August 22nd 1566 - Philip II, ruler of Spain at the time,
sends an army of 10,000 troops into
Brussels, led by the 3rd Duke of Alba, to supress the rebellion
Alba installs a repressive special court, known
as the "Bloody Court" by Calvinists, which
harshly judged all those who opposed the king, treating offenders with execution
- Republic of the Netherlands
is eventually formed in 1648
- Took a toll on the Spanish
economy and military; taxes
increased; eventual files for bankruptcy
- Fueled resistance against
the divine rule of monarchs
across Europe
- Eventually inspires the
French Revolution
(1566)
government and a stronger Catholic Church,
provoking resistance in some nobles as well
as the many Calvinists there
- William of Orange --> leader of the movement
- Compromise of 1564: an agreement and pledge
to resist signed by people across 17 provinces
in Flanders; inspires an iconoclastic
movement across Netherlands by the Calvinists
August 22nd 1566 - Philip II, ruler of Spain at the time,
sends an army of 10,000 troops into
Brussels, led by the 3rd Duke of Alba, to supress the rebellion
Alba installs a repressive special court, known
as the "Bloody Court" by Calvinists, which
harshly judged all those who opposed the king, treating offenders with execution
is eventually formed in 1648
- Took a toll on the Spanish
economy and military; taxes
increased; eventual files for bankruptcy
- Fueled resistance against
the divine rule of monarchs
across Europe
- Eventually inspires the
French Revolution
Calvinists
Spanish population